2008 Woodie Awards
Orchestra returns to University
CHUCK GRIFFIN
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: Out & About
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The University's Performing Arts Center has come a long way to evolve into one of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's most beloved concert venues.
The ASO's appearance on Sunday will be the first of five world-class concerts featured in the Performing Arts Center's Music Series I.
"Hodgson Hall is, by far, the best concert hall in Georgia and one of the finest in the country," said former principal conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi.
In recent years, the ASO's most consistent college venue has been in Athens, bringing its performance to the Classic City at least twice a year.
"The (Athens) community seems to love classical music and really enjoys us coming there," said first stand cellist Daniel Laufer.
One of Hodgson Hall's greatest luxuries for the ASO is acoustics - a science (and art) that plays a defining role in the scope of performing arts.
Where: Hodgson Hall
Price: $37 - $42
More Information:
www.uga.edu
"We do enjoy playing at Hodgson Hall because we can hear each other better, and it has a little more of an intimate feel," Laufer said.
"In our hall, we have to push our sound out more for people to hear, but in (Hodgson), we can back off more."
Garrick Ohlsson, a world-renowned pianist from New York, will join the ASO for a performance of Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2.
"(Ohlsson) has played with us a number of times," Laufer said. "He's just a phenomenal world class pianist."
Sunday's program will also include Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" and Hector Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo and Juliet."
The ASO's appearance on Sunday will be the first of five world-class concerts featured in the Performing Arts Center's Music Series I.
"Hodgson Hall is, by far, the best concert hall in Georgia and one of the finest in the country," said former principal conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi.
In recent years, the ASO's most consistent college venue has been in Athens, bringing its performance to the Classic City at least twice a year.
"The (Athens) community seems to love classical music and really enjoys us coming there," said first stand cellist Daniel Laufer.
One of Hodgson Hall's greatest luxuries for the ASO is acoustics - a science (and art) that plays a defining role in the scope of performing arts.
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
When: 3 p.m. SundayWhere: Hodgson Hall
Price: $37 - $42
More Information:
www.uga.edu
"We do enjoy playing at Hodgson Hall because we can hear each other better, and it has a little more of an intimate feel," Laufer said.
"In our hall, we have to push our sound out more for people to hear, but in (Hodgson), we can back off more."
Garrick Ohlsson, a world-renowned pianist from New York, will join the ASO for a performance of Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2.
"(Ohlsson) has played with us a number of times," Laufer said. "He's just a phenomenal world class pianist."
Sunday's program will also include Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" and Hector Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo and Juliet."
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